Track-fastening and tie.



D.' A. BRUBAKEEl TRAGKFASTENING AND JJIB.

APPLICATION FILED MARA, 1908.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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TRACK-FASTENING AND Tm.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented aan. 12, ieee.

Application filed March 9, 1908. Serial No. 419,933.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, DANIEL A. Bnuiiirnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Duncansville, in the county of Blair and State oit Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Traclt- Fastenings and Ties, otl which the following is a speeitication.

The present/invention relates to railway ties and has specially in view a metallic tie which will possess all the advantages of the ordinary wooden`tie in so tar as the means for detachably supporting the rails is concerned, and being further provided with improved means'i'tor causing the tie to firmly engage with the roadbed so as to avoid all, danger ot creeping of said tie.

vWith the above and many other objects in view, the invention contemplates a metallic tie of hollow Aformation in which improved means are provided for detachably carrying: wooden blocks te which the rails are spiked in the usual manner, said blocks being re tained in rigid position. relative to the metallic portion of the tie, and being arranged whereby there is no contact between said rails and the said metallic portion of the tie, the metallic portion ol the tie being also provided with means which will interlock with the roadbed and serve to retain said tie in a Fixed position relative to said roadbed.

ln carrying' out the objects set forth above various forms ot the4 invention may be empiJyed, a preferred embodiment ot' which is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tie with the rails supported thereon. Fig. Q is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Figi. 3 is a bottom plan view of the tie, one end thereof being),` broken olli. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the wooden track supportingblocks.

Like characters of reference designate corresl'ionding parts.

Referring to said drawings, 1G designates a hollow metalli(- lie.'the bottoni central pon tion l1 ot' which is bulged outwardly to torni a slightly del-)raiding central bottom surface havingi central and ende-ibs ll and 1?), prei erably arranged in pairs and adapted to engage with the roadbed, as will be more iully set. iorth later.

The central portion of the tie, between its top and bottom has a centrally located vertical strengthening rib 11i, which divides transverse chambers 15-16, and 'adjacent to each extreme end of the tie, open-ended chambers 17 and 18 respectively are also formed transversely through the tie, said end and central chambers serving. to receive a portion of the roadbed ballast when the tie is in position, as will presently appear.

Between the central transverse chambers provided with an open keeper pocket 19 one end wall 9.0 of which is inclined and presents a smooth surface, the opposite end wall 9.2 beine; provided with a horizontal locking rib Q3 which has upper and lower inclined sides and projects inwardly toward the center of the recess, the construction of which is shown more clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The said pockets 19 in the tie are designed to term seats or keepers for rail supwedge-form to iit and wedge against the inclined ends of the pockets, and one side of each block is provided with a notch 27 with which .the rib 23 of the wall 22 interloclis when the block is seated in the pocket. Said blocks are ot' wood and are arranged in their respective pockets in such a manner that their upper surface will project beyond the upper surface of the tie and thereby prevent any contact ot' the rails2 with the metal* lic portion oli the tie, as well as providingan ellieclive surface for the ready attaching of the rails by means of the usual spilres, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. 'l`o assist in retaining` said blocks in their pocl'ets, bolts 2S may be passed through the tie and the blocks, openings 29 being formed through the inner ends et the blocks to facilitate the passage of the bolts.

Referring to Figs. ings; it will be observed thatthe ribs 13 of the bottom bulging surface ot' the tie are correspondingly arranged and extend from opposite sides oli the tie to the center thereof. 'lhe center ribs l2 are oppositely arranged andalso extend from opposite sides of the tic, but their arrangement is such that they present. to one another, at their nicotine centers, a pointr It will lf, understood that when the tie is placed on. a roadbed and the ballast placed around it. the bottom ribs will engage with such ballast. and Aalso the central and end transverse char'ibers will have the ballast said central portion into two open-ended' and each transverse end chamber, the tie 1s porting` blocks 25. Thesebloclrs are of' 9. and 3 of the drawforced therein, thereby causing What may be termed an interlocking engagement between the tieand the ballast, Which7 when the ballast has properly set, will firmly retain the said tie in position.

ItWill be observed that the supporting surface of the rail sup orting blocks is of a rectangular shape, W ich in addition to providing ample space for the spiking of the rails thereto, also affords ample space for the reception of signal supporting mechanism, and as the blocks are of insulating material, they eiiiectually insulate such mechanism from the tie.

Claims l. A metallic tie provided With a pocket vadjacent to each end, one end Wall of each pocket being inclined and the other end Wall being provided With a horizontal rib, and

a Wooden rail supporting block adapted to be seated in said pocket, said supporting block being provided With an end Wall which is inclined and adapted to Wedge against the inclined Wall of the pocket, the other end of the said supporting block being provided with a notch With which the ribbed Wall of the pocket interlocks.` l

2. A railway tie provided with detachable rail suiporting blocks, said tie being also provid d with an enlarged central portion forming open-ended chambers the bottom of which has ribs formed thereon. In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiiX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

DANIEL A. BRUBAKER. lVitnesses:

CHARLES J. MCCULLOUGH, N. E. GEE. 

